Near the Heart

Communists who carelessly carry their Party membership cards stuffed into billfolds or handbags have frequently got themselves into trouble and long angered Party bosses. German Communist leaders finally had a bright idea: they directed that in future, Party membership cards must be carried in a specially designed bag made of transparent plastic, hung from the neck on a silk cord. A female comrade, reported by the Communist press to have protested that the new order seemed directed only at men, was assured that Communist women should also carry the bag, suspended between their breasts. Said Berlin Communist headquarters: "The highest document we own must be carried near to our hearts."

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